Physical and dielectric properties of (1−x)PbZrO 3 ؒxBaTiO 3 thin films prepared by a chemical coating process have been investigated as a function of BaTiO 3 (x) content (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2). Changing the molar ratio between propylene glycol and water prior to the deposition optimized the chemical precursors. (1−x)PbZrO 3 -xBaTiO 3 thin films that contained a majority of perovskite phase, but also contained large amounts of other phases, were fabricated. These films could withstand fields of 250 kV/cm at 1 kHz. The microstructure of the thin films was found to depend on the BaTiO 3 content. The phase transition from antiferroelectric to ferroelectric was gradually induced as the BaTiO 3 content increased. A maximum dielectric constant of ∼809 was obtained at the composition of x = 0.1. A maximum dielectric constant of ∼809 was obtained at the composition of x = 0.1. A thin film at the low-field antiferroelectricferroelectric phase boundary with x = 0.05 exhibited the highest P sat and P r values. The maximum values of these were 45 and 31 µC/cm 2 , respectively.